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Kongresove centrum SAV
Zamocka 18, 919 04 Smolenice

Tel./Phone: +421 33 558 61 91, +421 33 558 61 92
Fax: +421 33 558 61 93
E-mail: kc-smolenice@savba.sk
Www: www.kcsmolenice.sav.sk
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Pre verejnost pristupny len cez letne prazdniny v mesiacoch jul a august!
For public accessible only through Summer Holiday in month July and August!

V 15. storoci vzrastol vyznam Smolenic, lebo v obci bol vybudovany hrad, ktory sa stal centrom a sidlom smolenickeho panstva. Zaciatkom 16. stor. ziskavaju Smolenice Orszaghovci. V roku 1777 prebera Jan Palffy do zalohu smolenicke panstvo. Palffyovci neobyvali Smolenicky hrad, ktory uz za posledneho Erdo dyovca - Kristofa III. upadal, lebo nebolo financnych prostriedkov na udrzbu. Dielo skazy bolo dovrsene v obdobi napoleonskych vojen, ked zhorela hlavna budova hradu aj s vezou.
Terajsi Smolenicky zamok sa zacal budovat na zaciatku 20. stor. majitel smolenickeho a dobrovodskeho panstva grof Juraj Palffy st. Prve prace na hradbach zamku sa zacali uz v roku 1887 upravou bast. Basty zo stareho hradu zostali, iba sa nadstavili a zastresili. Grof Palffy dal zamok postavit vo vlastnej rezii podla navrhu architekta Jozefa Huberta. Prva svetova vojna bola pricinou prerusenia stavebnych prac na zamku. Niektore miestnosti boli len provizorne upravene a bol v nich umiestneny archiv rodu Palffyovcov. Az do skoncenia druhej svetovej vojny sa na stavbe nepokracovalo. V roku 1945 sa majitelom zamku stal stat, zamok prevzala SNR a zvolila si ho za svoje letne sidlo. Zamok bol dostavany, zariadeny a 26.6.1953 bol odovzdany SAV, aby sa stal reprezentacnym miestom pre stretnutia vedcov z celeho sveta.
Vo vnutri zamku sa nachadza niekolko stylovo upravenych salonov a chodieb, ale nenachadza sa tu ziadne historicky cenne vybavenie.

In the 15th century the importance of Smolenice increased considerably, because a castle was built there which became the centre and seat of the Smolenice estate. Early in the 16th century, Smolenice had been gained by the Orszagh family. In 1777, Jan Palffy takes the Smolenice estate as pawn. The Palffy family did not live at the castle, which had decayed considerably during the life of Kristof III, the last of the Erdody family – they lacked money for maintenance. The decay was complete during the Napoleon Wars – the main castle building and the tower had burnt down.
Construction of the Smolenice Castle of today had been started early in the 20th century by Jozef Palffy Jr., the landlord of Smolenice and Dobra Voda estates. First work on the fortification walls started in 1887 already on the bastions. Bastions from the old castle were preserved, with height extension and new roofing. The Count Palffy had built the castle at his own expense according to design by the architect Jozef Hubert. During World War 1, the construction was interrupted; provisional adaptation of some rooms was made and archives of the Palffy family was located there. The construction was not resumed before the end of World War 2. In 1945 the Castle became the property of the State; it was taken over by the Slovak National Council who decided to have their summer-house there. The castle was finished and furbished and handed over to the Slovak Academy of Sciences on 26 June 1953 to become a representative place for meetings of scientists from worldwide.